List of state leaders in 1396

This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in the year 1396.

Africa

• Ethiopian Empire – Dawit I (1382–1413)
• Sultanate of Fumban – Nchare Yen (1394–1418)

Asia

• China (Ming dynasty) - Hongwu Emperor (1368–1398)
• Kingdom of Chūzan – Bunei (1395–1407)
• Delhi Sultanate – Mahmud Nasir al-Din
• Kingdom of Hokuzan – Min (1396–1400)
• Japan (Muromachi period)
  • Monarch – Emperor Go-Komatsu (1392–1412)
  • Ashikaga shogunate - Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1394–1423)
• Joseon (Korea) – Taejo (1392–1398)
• Kingdom of Nanzan – Monarch
• Multiple rival claims to the title.
  1. Ofusato (1337–1396)
  2. Oueishi (1388–1402)

Europe

• Principality of Achaea –
  1. Interregnum (1386–1396)
  2. Peter of Saint Superan (1396–1402)
• Kingdom of Bosnia – Jelena Gruba (1395–1398)
• Bulgarian Empire – Ivan Sratsimir, Tsar of Bulgaria (1356–1396)
• Byzantine Empire – Manuel II Palaiologos (1391–1425)
• Kingdom of Castile – Henry III (1390–1406)
• Kingdom of England – Richard II (1377–1399)
• Kingdom of France – Charles VI (1380–1422)
• Germany - (House of Luxembourg) - Wenceslaus, King of the Romans (1378–1400)
  • Duchy of Bavaria-Straubing (House of Wittelsbach) - Albert and Count of Holland and County of Hainaut (1347–1404)
• Principality of Moldavia – Stephen I (1394–1399)
• Kingdom of Naples – Louis II (1389–1399)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire – Bayezid I, the Thunderbolt (1389–1402)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves – John I (1385–1433)
• Principality of Taranto – Raimondo del Balzo Orsini (1393–1406)
• Principality of Wallachia – Mircea I (1386–1418)

Middle East and North Africa

• Kingdom of Cyprus – James I (1382–1398)
• Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt – Barquq (1390–1399)